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NEW RULES STRENGTHENS RAILROAD BRIDGE SAFETY PROGRAMS, OVERSIGHT
Federal Railroad Administrator (FRA) Joseph Szabo today announced a Final Rule requiring railroad track owners to adopt and follow specific procedures to protect the safety of their bridges, and to strengthen federal oversight of railroad bridge maintenance programs. This rule is a requirement under the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008.
 

RRB LABOR MEMBER V.M. "Butch" SPEAKMAN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT.

I wish to inform you that I intend to retire from my position as the Labor Member of the Railroad Retirement Board. I intend to retire once my replacement has been confirmed by the Senate, but no sooner than January 2011.
 
BMWED NATIONAL DIVISION PRESIDENT FREDDIE N. SIMPSON CHOSEN TO LEAD THE BMWED FOR FOUR MORE YEARS
Las Vegas, NV – BMWED National Division President Freddie N. Simpson, who also serves as a Teamster International Vice President, was reelected by acclamation today during the union’s Quadrennial Convention.
 
HOFFA, KEEGEL ADDRESS DELEGATES TO BMWED CONVENTION
 
BMWED 2010 CONVENTION
Las Vegas, NV – Delegates to the BMWED Second Regular Convention arrived in Las Vegas this weekend in time to register their credentials. Delegates representing nearly 500 BMWED Local Lodges will be attending the Convention.
 
TEAMSTERS RAIL CONFERENCE PUBLISHES HIGH ALERT 2 REPORT
The Teamsters Rail Conference has issued a letter to all rail conference members of the BLET and BMWED announcing the publication of High Alert Report 2: Four Years Later Workers Continue to Warn of Security Gaps on Nation’s Railroads. The letter, from John Murphy, Director of the Rail Conference; Freddie Simpson, President of the BMWED and Paul Sorrow, President of the BLET can be viewed here along with the report. The report details the results of a new survey of BLET and BMWED members revealing that top U.S. rail carriers have failed to close the security gaps that put at stake the safety of rail workers and communities across the country.
 
TRACK INSPECTION SURVEY  AGGREGATE REPORT
In October 2008, the United States Congress enacted the Rail Safety Improvement
Act of 2008 (RSIA). The RSIA mandates that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) initiate a number of rail safety improvements, rulemakings, and safety studies.

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES OF DECEASED RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

The John Edgar Thomson Foundation, established in 1882 and endowed by the will of Mr. Thomson, third President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, offers limited financial assistance to daughters of a deceased parent.
 
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WELCOME
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes is a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters representing and protecting the rights of rail workers who build and maintain the track and structures on railroads throughout the United States of America.
 
BMWED SAFETY DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO U.S. DOT COMMITTEE
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced the appointment of
Rick Inclima, Director of Safety for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division
(BMWED), to a two-year term on the Transit Rail Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS). read more ...
 
JOURNAL
MAY/JULY 2010 ARCHIVED ISSUES
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters held its Second Regular National Division Convention in Las Vegas, NV the week of June 21, 2010. Delegates representing nearly 500 Local Lodges attended the Convention and represented the interest of their lodges on each issue that came before the body.  read more ...
 
PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE  
Excerpts from the President’s keynote address to the Delegates-Second Regular BMWED Convention, June 21, 2010.

Brothers and Sisters, honored spouses and distinguished guests: 

Welcome to the Second Regular Convention of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamster Rail Conference. 

It has been 123 years since the founding of our Brotherhood on a warm spring day in 1887.  On that fateful Sunday morning a small group of brave men, fully exposed to the threat of severe retribution for their actions, gathered under the shade of a large oak tree along a river bank near Demopolis, Alabama to discuss their mutual problems of low wages, the hazards of their work, and the financial insecurity of their families. read more ...

 
 
SECRETARY/TREASURER'S REPORT  
Excerpts from the Secretary-Treasurer's Report to the Delegates-Second Regular BMWED Convention, June 21, 2010.

Brothers and Sisters, Honored Spouses, and Guests:

Good morning again, and welcome to the Second Regular Convention of the BMWED. It has been my honor to serve you as Secretary-Treasurer over the past 4 years, and I thank all of you for being here and thank you for the work you will conduct here this week while in convention. read more ...
   
   
A VICE PRESIDENT SPEAKS
If you choose not to vote, why should it count as a "no" vote?

That may sound like an odd question but until June 10, 2010, if you didn't bother to vote one way or the other in an election for union representation it meant your failure to vote was still counted as a no vote. In other words, if you didn't have any strong feelings one way or the other, or you felt intimidated by your employer, or didn't vote for whatever reason, the government would cast your vote for you against the union and for management. read more ...

   
   
EDUCATION
2009-2010 HAZMAT TRAINING PROGRAM

The Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program will conduct the following hazardous materials transportation/chemical emergency response training programs at the National Labor College – George Meany Campus in Silver Spring, Maryland.  APPLICATION

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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